Glysolid

Glysolid is a German skincare brand built around a single, long-running cream that combines a high concentration of vegetable glycerin with allantoin to soothe and protect dry, rough and chapped skin on the hands, feet and body. The brand says families have trusted the product "for over 70 years" [1], which places its origins in roughly the 1950s, though no source gives an exact founding year. It is owned by BurnusCare GmbH, part of the German Burnus Group, and is distributed in more than 80 countries across four continents.

The brand remains active: its official site carries a 2026 copyright, the cream is still sold widely, and the classic red box has found a second life through organic promotion on TikTok as a budget glycerin cream for very dry skin.

According to an editorial review, the original Glysolid formula was created in Germany by a Dr. Snoek, who set out to solve hand problems caused by the harsh temperatures of Northern Europe [2]. The brand's own account places the discovery "at the beginning of the last century," during a period it describes as the height of the German chemical industry's "innovative power," when the effect of combining vegetable glycerin with allantoin in a cream was first developed [3].

Glysolid does not publish a precise founding year. Its sites and retail listings consistently refer to "over 70 years" on the market, and the company does not name an individual developer on its history page, where the formula is presented as the product of that broader era rather than of a single dated launch.

Glysolid is owned by BurnusCare GmbH, registered in Munich and part of the wider Burnus Group [4][5]. The company's German legal notice lists BurnusCare GmbH at Augustenstrasse 68a in Munich, with managing directors Frank Heller and Marc Basler, and ties the brand to the related Claracos Shop within the same corporate structure.

Ownership is the one point on which sources diverge. The Italian beauty blog Nuvole di Bellezza, reviewing the brand's "Anti-age" hand-cream variant, refers to Glysolid "becoming part of the Unilever portfolio" [2]. The brand's current site and legal notice instead attribute ownership to BurnusCare GmbH / the Burnus Group [4][5]; the Unilever reference appears to reflect an outdated or incorrect editorial claim rather than the present structure.

The Burnus Group itself has a long industrial history that predates the skincare brand. According to the group's corporate history, Burnus was founded in 1836 as a soap and candle manufacturer, and in 1907 its owner and chemist Dr. Otto Röhm developed an early enzyme-based laundry detergent [6]. This corporate history is drawn from search-engine excerpts of the group's own page and should be read with some caution.

Glysolid positions itself on consistency and longevity rather than novelty, presenting a single proven formula rather than a frequently changing range. On its history page the company describes the product as "an innovative and creative product with a long history and very good, consistent quality," and its homepage tagline is simply "GLYSOLID is unique." The intended audience is value-oriented, multi-generational households looking for an affordable, no-frills cream for very dry hands, feet and body.

The brand's core product is the Glysolid Skin Cream, described as a German formula that "helps to smooth and soften skin on hands, feet, and body" and intended for rough, chapped, cracked and dry skin. It is sold in a wide range of tube and jar sizes, alongside a Body Lotion. The cream's two hero ingredients are vegetable-derived glycerin and allantoin: the company explains that glycerin binds moisture in the skin's outer layer and strengthens the skin barrier, while allantoin supports cell regeneration and the repair of damage from dryness or small cracks.

Glycerin concentration is reported differently for different products. The US-market site states that the classic cream is "infused with 50% glycerin" together with allantoin [8], while the editorial review of the separate Anti-age hand cream cites a 38% concentration [2]; the figures describe distinct products rather than a single disputed claim. Glysolid also makes a series of formulation claims for the range — that the products are vegan, contain no animal ingredients, and are made without microplastics, colorants, mineral oils, parabens or kerosenes — and states that they are developed and manufactured in the company's own factory in Germany [1].

Glysolid has limited formal press coverage. The most substantial independent write-up is the 2024 review by the Italian blog Nuvole di Bellezza, which describes the classic red box as an "unmistakable sign of recognition" found "in the homes of generations of Italians" [2]. The same household familiarity underpins the brand's more recent visibility on TikTok, where the cream circulates as an inexpensive glycerin-based option for dry skin.

Glysolid is active. Its official site is current, carrying a 2026 copyright under BurnusCare GmbH, the cream remains in distribution across more than 80 countries on four continents, and the product has recent organic social-media activity. The brand continues to be presented around its original glycerin-and-allantoin formula rather than a reformulated or expanded line.